Ball State football won't hit the panic button

9:59 AM,
Sep. 18, 2013

Pete Lembo, Ball State football coach.

Written by

Ben Breiner
Muncie Star Press

Ball State football coach Pete Lembo just wants his team to stay the course.

Coming off a loss to North Texas, one in which the Cardinals let an 18-point lead slip away, and facing a Mid-American Conference opener Saturday at Eastern Michigan, he said he wants his team to stick with what it knows. He's emphasized a baseline outlook from the start, and hopes his players return to it.

"You certainly don't hit the panic button," Lembo said Monday during the MAC coaches teleconference. "We do what we do, and I think that's been one of our strengths the last two years. We try to be very steady and very ...